Edna leslie ekeeman



July 7, 192 5.

1,545,246 E. 1.. FREEMAN CONTAINER FOR ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE Filed Nov. 21. 1923 STYLE BLANKWOOD INVENTOR Ednalesfie fi'eeman.

ATTORNEY *Patented July 7', 19.25. I

new and useful Improvements in Conent paper or other flexible material, 13. 1'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDNA LESLIE FREEMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONTAINER-FOR ARTICLES 01 MERCHANDISE.

Application filed November 21, 1923. Serial No. 676,012.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDNA LESLIE FREE- may-also bear a legend giving the name or MAN, a citizen of the United States of style of the article, and its size, for ex- Arnerica, residing atzNew York, county and ample as indicated on the drawing. State of New York, have invented certain When the'collar is in place in the envelope the fabric is readily seen through the transtainers for Articles of Merchandise, of parent portion of the window, but inthe which the following is a full, clear, and form of a'collar as worn. The texture or exact description. pattern of the weave is clearly displayed, In many lines of merchandise prospecgiving the effect of a miniature collar of tive purchasers expect to see the article dethe same material. In most cases this is sired, before the purchase is made, especialsuflicient to satisfy the customer, and indeed ly in the case of articles of dress, where color the representation of the collar thus given and pattern are important considerations, is in general more satisfactory than seeing but the handling thus occasioned often re sults in the goods being soiled and thus it looks in use, I v rendered unsalable or salable only at a The container may be made of any suitreduced price. It is accordingly the chief able material and will in general be made object of my present invention to provide inthe size and shape best adapted for the a package or container which will not only article or articles which it is to contain. protect the article enclosed therein against It may be used for articles of various kinds, dirt and like harmful agencies but will particularly those made of textile material work in large quantities. The envelope.

the collar itself, which gives no idea of how nevertheless display the article in miniature -(woven or knitted) as for examplewollars,

and in such manner as to exhibit its patcuffs, shirts, .handkerchiefs, hosiery, undertern, texture, style, etc., and in some cases wear, neckties, gloves, table linen, dress and its appearance as worn or used. To this waist patterns, towels, etc. The picture and other ends the invention consists in the on the window will be such as to represent novel features hereinafter .described. the article attractively, in miniature, and

One form of the invention is illustrated may also in many cases indicate the use of in the accompanying drawing, in which the article. In short, the invention is not Fig. 1 is a back view" of an envelope delimited to the particular embodiment heresigned as a package or container for an unin illustrated, but can be embodied in other starched collar. forms and adapted to other uses, without Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. departure-from 'its spirit as defined by the Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3-3 of following claims.

Fig. 2. I claim:

The. envelope 10. is of narrow elongated 1. A container for an article of merchanform, adapted to contain a soft or undise, havin' starched collar, folded at the middle. Such structed to efine in miniature a transparent a collar is shown at llfpartially withdrawn picture of the article within said container, from the envelope. The envelope is made of through which window a portion of the opaque material, preferably white paper of actual article within the container is made firm texture, to permit considerable hanvisible in the shape of the entire article. dling without showing wear. 2. In combination, a container and an .In the other side, or front, of the envearticle of normal three dimensional form, lope, is a window 12, which may consist said article being packed flat in said conof an opening of suitable shape, over which, tainer, the latter having a transparent winon the inside, is pasteda piece of transpardow constructed to define in miniature a On perspective picture of the article, through the latter is an outline picture of the collar which a portion of the flat packed article in perspective, as worn, with a necktieneatis made to appear'in the three dimensional ly tied, on a black or other dark-colored form of the entire article. I opaque background, the picture "and the In. testimony whereof I hereto affix my background belng preferably made simulsignature.

taneously by printing, lithographing, or any process suitable for turning out such EDNA LESLIE FREEMAN. 

